Published Nov 6, 2026, 10:35 AM EST

And how to get a free Spewpa from the distribution event

Z-A. Image: Game Freak/Nintendo, The Pokémon Company via Polygon

Game Freak and The Pokémon Company are distributing a Poké Ball Pattern Vivillon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, now that players have worked hard enough to unlock it. It's the first time in 10 years that pattern of Vivillon has been available, and all you need to do to get it is claim it from Mystery Gift. Scatterbug and Spewpa are comparatively easy to get early in Legends: Z-A, though this one is special.

Below, we explain how to get the Poké Ball pattern Vivillon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

The mystery gift menu in Pokemon Legends ZA Image: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo via Polygon

Here's how to claim your Poké Ball Pattern Vivillon:

  1. Progress through Legends Z-A until you unlock the Mystery Gift feature.
  2. Open the main menu.
  3. Select "Link Play."
  4. Select "Mystery Gift."
  5. Select "Get via Internet."
  6. Save your game when prompted.
  7. Claim your Vivillon.

Your Vivillon should already come at level 66, and you have until Feb. 25, 2027 at 8:59 EST to claim it.

As of writing this, you can also claim the Spewpa with a random wing pattern from Mystery Gift, but only until Nov. 18 at 8:59 p.m. EST, so claim that one soon.

If you want more, you can catch Spewpa in Wild Zone 4 in the Rouge district.

A map showing Wild Zone 4 in Pokemon Legends ZA Image: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo via Polygon

That's in the northern part of the city near the Looker Bureau and a big shopping mall. However, Spewpa aren't terribly common there, and you're more likely to run into Spinarak and Gastly. You could just grab some Scatterbug from Wild Zone 1 and level them up instead. Scatterbug evolves into Spewpa at level nine, and then Spewpa evolves into Vivillon at level 12, so it wouldn't take a lot of extra training to get more Vivillon.

None of those Vivillon will have the Poke Ball pattern, though. That pattern is only obtainable via special event distribution. The Vivillon that evolves from wild caught Scatterbug and Spewpa in Legends Z-A are all Meadow Pattern Vivillon. The Spewpa you get from the side mission in the museum gives you a Marine Pattern Vivillon.